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Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman

Highest Rated: 100% Mutant Blast (2018)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Toxic Avenger, Part II (1989)

Birthday: Dec 30, 1945

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Lloyd Kaufman not only co-founded the cult horror studio Troma Entertainment, he is in many ways the face of the company. A gleeful huckster in the grand drive-in tradition of William Castle and Roger Corman, who knows that selling a movie is as important as making a movie, Kaufman is a regular presence at comic book and horror conventions even when his studio has no new product to flog. Kaufman fell into low-budget filmmaking in the late 1960s while attending Yale University, where he directed an experimental student film called "The Girl Who Returned." Upon graduation, he began working for the low-budget studio Cannon Films, where he worked on respected indie hits like John G. Avildsen's hippie-murder drama "Joe" while writing, producing, directing and starring in his own independent films. (During this period, Kaufman also produced and directed a handful of adult movies under pseudonyms.) Kaufman and creative partner Michael Herz founded Troma Entertainment in 1974, specializing at first in grindhouse sex comedies, but in the mid-1980s, satiric horror movies with deliberately outrageous gross-out shocks and a defiantly low-budget feel were Troma's bread and butter, resulting in Kaufman-directed (often under the name Samuel Weil) underground hits like "The Toxic Avenger" and "Class of Nuke 'Em High." Later films like "Troma's War" and "Tromeo and Juliet" apply the same sardonic aesthetic to different film genres. Along with producing its own films, Troma also acquires and distributes low-budget shock and exploitation films, both current and historical.

Highest rated movies

100% 80% Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
88% 69% Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four
80% 76% Terror Firmer
50% 67% Waiting
50% 44% Cannes Man
44% 45% A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
43% 54% Nowhere Man
40% 30% The Horror of H.P. Lovecraft (LovecraCked! The Movie)

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Modern Arcana Third Party Content Creator (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 50% Eating Miss Campbell Producer - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Psychic Vampire Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret of Cuck Island The Billionaire (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Once and Future Smash Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet After School Lunch Special II Mitch/Mayor Bloom (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amityville Hex Hex Reader (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Barn Part II Town Mayor (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Breed Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 90% I Need You Dead! Aaron. A Applebee (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slashening: The Final Beginning Master Dyson (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Scream on the Beach! Dr Lloyd (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blood Cove 2 Mayor Richards (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shakespeare's S...storm Prospero / Antoinette Duke (Character),
Director,
Executive Producer
- 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet VHS Massacre Too Executive Producer - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s Self - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Meltozoid! The Remake Doctor Baker (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet After School Lunch Special Mitch the Worm (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daisy Derkins vs. The Bloodthirsty Beast of Barren Pines! Wingate Van Cleef (Character) - 2019
100% No Score Yet Mutant Blast Producer - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Survival of the Film Freaks Self - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grindsploitation 4: Meltsploitation Presenter 2 (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Escaping the Dead Sex tourist (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Into the Outbreak Reporter (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hellitosis: The Legend of Stankmouth Jeremiah (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Feast of Man Wolf, Sr. (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Uncle John Is a Zombie! Self - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Greetings From Tromaville Self - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Absolute Vow Magician (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 100% Death at a Barbecue Lloyd (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Toxic Tutu Self - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets Run Red Football Announcer (Voice) - 2017
No Score Yet 71% Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 Lee Harvey Herzkauf (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spidarlings Unknown (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Werewolf Bitches From Outer Space The Mayor (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 40% B.C. Butcher Executive Producer - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Prism Vice President Cliff Kaufman (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fappening Walter Plinge (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet League of Superheroes TV Anchor (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Rack Dr. Foin (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 33% MILFs vs. Zombies Melvin Brooks (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scream Machine Introducer (Character) - 2015
88% 69% Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Apartment Jerry (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bloody Slumber Party Johnny (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 33% Apocalypse Kiss The President (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Biker Warrior Babe vs. the Zombie Babies From Hell The Demon Ali'Cher'Kok (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 86% House of Forbidden Secrets Grandpa (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Polypore Mr. Kaufman (Character) - 2013
57% 54% Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1 Director,
Screenwriter
- 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mosquito-Man Mr. Kopple (Character) - 2013
100% 80% Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector Unknown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 60% Horror House Joe The Real Estate Agent (Character) - 2012
44% 45% A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman Uncle Lloyd (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spill Your Guts Pop (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bloody Christmas Pastor Paul (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Treasure Chest of Horrors Meatman (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slaughter Tales Crazy Lloyd (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Big Boy: The Death Stalker Murders Lloyd (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ninja Zombies Self - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical Farnsworth Critch (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2011
No Score Yet 19% Stripperland Phillip (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hack Job Executive Producer - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thong Girl 4: The Body Electric Thomas Edison (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 44% Klown Kamp Massacre Vic Vickers (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Resurrection Projectionist (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Attack of the Tromaggot Blackmailed Civillian (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outtake Reel Interrogating Officer (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jon Dennis Sloan (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bloodbath in the House of Knives Lawyer (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Melvin Charlie Watkins (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 89% Official Rejection Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stuck Like Chuck Professor Kaufman (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tromatized, Meet Lloyd Kaufman Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frankenpimp Richard Rammer (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 30% Bikini Bloodbath Christmas Dr. O'Masterblaster (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 43% Nun of That The Pope (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Coffin Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 26% Hanger Melvina the Tranny (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Property Backwoods Killing Spree Mayor Kaufman (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 12% Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned Hot Babe (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Corpus Kristi Doctor (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 15% Bryan Loves You Jonathan's Helper (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 17% The Art of Pain George Romano (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 27% Reel Zombies Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 78% The Devil's Muse Lisa's Father (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Horror Convention Massacre Unknown (Character) - 2007
64% 64% Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Director,
Writer,
Producer
$23.0K 2006
40% 30% The Horror of H.P. Lovecraft (LovecraCked! The Movie) Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Plots Professor Necrosis (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 0% Slaughter Party Dr. Kaufman (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2005
43% 54% Nowhere Man Doctor (Character) $2.3K 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Damaged Goods Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frankenstein vs. the Creature From Blood Cove Bar Drunk (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 83% Virgin Beasts Executive Producer - 2005
No Score Yet 52% Lollilove Father Lloyd (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 29% Tales From the Crapper The Crap Keeper / Dad / Tromantis (Character),
Producer
- 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Punk Rock Holocaust Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quest for the Egg Salad Gandalfini (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 15% Bleed Carl Patterson (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 55% All the Love You Cannes! Unknown (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 2002
60% 64% Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV Director,
Producer,
Writer
- 2001
No Score Yet 64% The Rowdy Girls Producer - 2000
50% 67% Waiting Mr. Janszek (Character) - 2000
80% 76% Terror Firmer Larry Benjamin (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$1.4K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midnight 5 Video Store Manager (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 14% Bugged Executive Producer - 1996
50% 44% Cannes Man Lloyd Kaufman - Troma Chief (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 61% Tromeo & Juliet Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1996
No Score Yet 22% Class of Nuke 'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid Producer - 1994
No Score Yet 57% Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D. Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fortress of Amerikkka Producer - 1989
0% 32% The Toxic Avenger, Part II Director,
Producer
- 1989
No Score Yet 25% The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie Director,
Producer
- 1989
No Score Yet 61% War Director,
Producer
- 1988
20% 49% Class of Nuke 'Em High Director,
Producer
- 1986
No Score Yet 32% Girls School Screamers Executive Producer - 1986
No Score Yet 17% Igor and the Lunatics Executive Producer - 1985
No Score Yet 47% Screamplay Executive Producer - 1985
71% 64% The Toxic Avenger Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1984
No Score Yet 33% Stuck on You Director - 1983
No Score Yet 20% The First Turn-On! Director - 1983
No Score Yet 21% Waitress! Director - 1982
No Score Yet 16% Squeeze Play Director,
Producer
- 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Gus, What's the Fuss Producer - 1974
No Score Yet 38% Sugar Cookies Writer - 1972
No Score Yet 67% The Battle of Love's Return Director,
Producer
- 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Who Returned Director,
Producer,
Cinematographer
- 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Schism Crank Caller (Character) -
No Score Yet No Score Yet Craig God (Character) -
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Most Atrocious Thing Vinny Sr. (Character) -

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Director,
Writer
2024
No Score Yet 84% Comic Book Men Unknown (Guest Star) 2018